Comments on: Escambia Doctor, Two Family Members Charged With Running ‘Pill Mill’ From Medical Clinic

By: Julie Vandiver

Julie Vandiver — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 21:20:11 +0000

I saw this doctor for years. I have a bad back and since then have had 8 surgeries. I needed the pills to keep working. I feel sorry for the doctor even though I know he was wrong. But that wife and son practiced medicine without a license. They handed out scripts when he wasn’t there. She would often over rule Doc wilson. I knew those two would ruin him. They also threw the patients records in the trash out side their office. I saw them. I’m sure that is where my record is. I left the practice because Beverly was over ruling Doctor Wilson and I screamed at her she wasn’t my doctor. That was it for me. I’m disabled now and in the pain management system. It sucks. They treat you like a drug seeking criminal. So because of scrap like this I suffer everyday. People like me need pain relief and now you can’t get it. The whole thing is sad.

By: Gene

Gene — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 19:12:10 +0000

These pill mills is what caused the problems for older people, injured people and disabled people. They can’t get help unless they had surgery. The politicians and who ever don’t get especially older people may still have to work and have old injuries that hold them back and aspirin or motrin won’t work. They are the ones who suffer and are forced to look for help elsewhere. I’ve seen older people suffer since this started. Whats sad is its legal to go to a methadone clinic and your hooked for life. The clinic is supposed to help addicts get off of drugs but it turns into a worse addiction. I know people because of my job who are only in their 40s and younger thats been on methadone for 20 years. They are given what I’ve seen 180 mg or 18 tablets a day they take all at once. Thats dangerous to me. Their original addiction might have been 100 mg of Lortab. Instead of going down on the dose they go up and up and up. This is a racket to make money just as bad as any pill mill, but its legal. I believe they should make them do their original purpose or shut them down. They shouldn’t be addicting more and more people who can’t get Lortab or hydrocodone for pain. Instead of 40mg a day they wind up taking over 100mg a day of a much more dangerous drug. You never hear of many people dying from an OD from methadone but it happens often.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:52:23 +0000

I have a different take on this , of course drugs are illegal, and it’s so sad when people get addicted . But too, alcohol is also a drug and it’s legal . No judges want to get an alcoholic help, and even with the pandemic, bars and liquor stores remained open . Is this not greed too ? And it keeps the addiction alive and the alcohol pleased instead of going bonkers because of withdrawals . What people really need is a experience with God to get rid of the devil and his tactics . That’s the answer mostly . Please wake up and come away from the woke syndrome , only God can fix addictions .

By: J.s

J.s — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 04:01:03 +0000

#1 if you don’t take the meds like you’re supposed to yes you have a chance of passing…but you get so addicted to any of these pills like I did you go to taking more than you’re supposed to…you think more is better.thank God I woke up and got off them all but others not so lucky .people yes the pain is real but I promise it never goes away. And yes we all have a right to live pain free but with Doctors like this you can’t. Theres just no cure everywhere you turn but your best cure is NOT to take them at all…like I said let’s make and example out of them and let them have a talk with Ex Dr.Graves

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:07:15 +0000

Not condoning what they did But, adults went to this doctor knowing what they were doing.
No different than going to a local crack house and buying heroin except the quality of the drugs is known.
We really need a new plan for drug addicts. Because when legal paths are blocked they go to the streets and get what ever they can. And that leads to the worse type of addition, one where they are self medicating.

The money tax payers a burdened with are : legal fees, law enforcement, medical and housing issues from those addicted. So either we spend up front and slow the tide of dependence issues or we keep on this path and see more and more narcotics dumped on the streets.

And those that have real life long pain issues that now can not get a long term supply of the drugs they need because of some much abuse I feel for you as well.

There are some real break thru programs in some of the European countries were a doctor supplies the medications that a addict uses and in return they attend programs that get them off that and on to a path of getting clean.
The methadone clinic just keeps feeding the same problem with no real end. So that is not what I am talking about. The medications europeean docs give out is far cheaper than the street drugs and cuts that street dealer criminal element out of the game completely.
Yes I know dont do drugs is the best answer. But there are many paths people walk in life and sometimes its rocky and they lack the ability at that time to see a better tomorrow.

By: Pharm tech

Pharm tech — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:44:51 +0000

@Chris. First of all, it’s Lortab. Second of all, the young man passed from Oxycodone toxicity due to this doctor’s negligence. According to the drugs package insert a single dose greater than 40mg or a total daily dose greater than 80mg can be fatal to a person that’s not tolerant. We don’t know this young mans history so it’s mighty small of you to assume he had anything else in his system. Just because you have taken opioids for 20 years and can tolerate it doesn’t mean someone else can.

By: Pharm tech

Pharm tech — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 23:19:46 +0000

I’m a pharmacy technician and used to see his scripts all the time. I swear the only words he know are Norco, Percocet,and Xanax. It’s a shame it took this long and someone dying to put these people behind bars. Prayers for all people negatively impacted by these greedy people.

By: Dfm

Dfm — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:42:35 +0000

I went to this doctor 20 years ago. He would give scripts for any type of drug you wanted. His office was located on airport Blvd. The young man that lost his life is sad.

By: RC

RC — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 19:41:03 +0000

@ Chris-If you take them as prescribed they will help with pain, as they are supposed to.. However I’ve seen people take 6 at once and they are running a million miles an hour, and some it reduces to a drooling mess. That’s who I’m referring to. Those people have a pill problem and are abusing them. And many who went to Graves were in that shape but he kept writing scripts and he’s right where he needs to be. It is making it hard on people who legitimately need pain meds though. My doctor has signs up saying they won’t prescribe pain meds. I’ve had different people ask if I have any pain pills, and some I wouldn’t expect that from. It’s certainly a problem for some.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 17:23:08 +0000

I’m sorry, people aren’t “staggering around the parking lot” because they are on Loritabs or Percocet (which is what Oxycodone is). I should know, I’ve been prescribed them for almost 20 years now. To those who feel sorry for the young boy who died, that’s good, you should. But like always, your probably not hearing the whole story for the media to push their agenda. Very hard to believe an 18 yr old kid died from Loritabs and only Loritabs. He more than likely had something else in his system that contributed to his death. Do you know how many you’d have to take to kill you? So many that it would look like suicide to anyone with a brain. It’s one thing to prescribe Fentanyl OxyContin, and be on the bandwagon against it, but Loritabs jeez Louise. Although nice touch putting the M.E. and C.O.D. without a secondary. It’s like he had a heart condition but it’s Oxy, you’ll never hear about the heart.